Study Abroad in Japan

The University of Memphis offers various programs for students to study in Japan.  Studying in Japan gives students the opportunity to use the Japanese skills they have learned in class, as well as learning first hand what daily life is like in Japan.  If you are a student and would like to travel to Japan, check out some of the programs we offer below!  For a full listing of all the programs for studying abroad in Japan, click here.

Undergraduate Programs

Semester/Year Programs

• The Reconnaissance Japan Program at J.F. Oberlin University

  The Reconnaissance Japan Program is an academic program for exchange students who wish to learn about, and personally experience, Japan. Students may participate in Reconnaissance Japan for either a single semester or an academic year. The program offers Japanese language skills and training courses from the introductory to advanced levels. A wide variety of culture and civilization courses on Japan taught in English are also offered each semester. Reconnaissance Japan allows students from other countries to learn about and experience Japan within the supportive environment of J. F. Oberlin University's Center for International Studies. For more information about program, click here.

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• Meiji University

  Meiji started as a Law School in 1881 and currently has a population of over 33,000 students, enrolled in the Schools of Law, Commerce, Political Science and Economics, Arts and Letters, Science and Technology, Agriculture, Business Administration, Information and Communication, Global Japanese Studies and Graduate School. Meiji's international exchange program, which started in 1987, has accommodated approx. 300 students from our partner institutions.At Meiji University, Exchange Program nominees are required to have a certain level of Japanese language proficiency since most courses are offered in Japanese. An advisory professor within the student's academic field will be assigned to each international exchange student. Each student has an interview with the advisory professor and decides their course plan at Meiji University. Exchange students are required to participate in their advisory professor's seminar classes, which are intensive and interactive class consisting of about 10-20 students each. This enables the students to interact with Meiji professors and students in the similar study area. For more information about this program, click here.

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• Nagoya Gakuin University

  Nagoya Gakuin University (NGU) was founded in 1887 by an American missionary as an English language school. Today NGU is a private, co-educational, liberal arts university fully accredited by the Japanese Ministry of Education. NGU has about 4700 enrolled students.

  NGU is located in Nagoya City. Nagoya is in the heart of Japan and is the third largest city in the nation, with over two million residents. Since 2007, NGU has two campuses – The Seto Campus for students majoring in Human health and the Nagoya Campus for students majoring in Economics, Commerce and Foreign Studies. University of Memphis students studying at NGU will be based in the Nagoya campus since the Institute of Japanese Studies is in the Faculty of Foreign Studies. The Nagoya Campus is in an urban location which is just minutes away from the Hibino subway station and conveniently close to Japan's new global gateway, the Centrair Airport. For more information about this program, click here.

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Summer Program

• J.F. Oberlin University Summer Japanese Program

  The Intensive Japanese Language Program is a one-month content-based language program at J. F. Oberlin University in the suburbs of Tokyo. Classes at novice high to intermediate levels meet three hours every morning, five days a week. In addition, students expand language skills in cultural activities taught in Japanese two afternoons a week. Such activities as taiko drumming, tea ceremony, calligraphy and cooking are an integral part of the curriculum. Other afternoons students may take advantage of the Japanese Resource Center to access other Japanese language materials. Lectures on Japanese history, social issues and cross-cultural communication are planned. Excursions to downtown Tokyo and to the historic city of Kamakura acquaint students with the train system and with the rich heritage of the Tokyo region. Students can then plan and take their own excursions at their own expense to visit places that interest them. Participants must plan to depart the U.S. on May 24th and arrive at J.F. Oberlin on May 25th. For more information about this program, click here.

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